Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-01-22
Beaverdam.
The Negro and the Dumb.5ulI.

Just watch me, I'm going to vlbrate
again. The Christmas festivities are
over and we fall back into the same old
march into the New Year. Nothing
transpired on the waters of Beaverdam
during the holidays save Christmas
tree and few turkey shootings. John
Pitt, the prince of all good fellows,
managed TO pull through the jollifca-
tions with basket of cooked eaters"
but he shot no turkeys. Mr.. Dan
Woodard secured the largest gobbler of
the season at single shot, and then
went quietly home. Twas quite sur
prise when Dan, alias Pete, drove centre
and yanked up the turkey, but his eye
was steady, and his old gun had @Git
there Eli sound to it that morning.
Now, Pete played a nice game on the
boys. He rubbed whiskey ON the tar
get wet his patchin with it and poured
drop or two on the bead of his gun,
and as uncle Phil Angling used to say
The bullet will follow the bead il it
goes to Halifax"
Did you ever hear of "Dumb-Bull 2"
We have had one on Beaverdam and it
has struck terror to the niger element.
Now there is no creature under heaven
as easy to scare at a strange sound as
negro. When a noise he is not accus-
toned to strikes his ears, in his lonely
walk at night, that negro is going to
"get up and fly" A few of the fun
loving citizens made dumb bull, and
waylaid the road that two negroes had
to travel that dark night. As soon as
they were heard coming the bull was
turned loose. One of them ran in the
direction of Wiley Pitts screaming at
the top OF his voice "Mars Wiley Pitt
open de dore. for Gods sake, open de
dore, de painter is after me-" The
other one ran to Jno Pitts and gave the
alarm, and soon the whole place was in
stir. John said it was some "sorter
booger" while Tobe Pitts wife said
"Tobie shan't go and see what it is" +"
Every dog in the country began to
howl at the same time, and it looked as
If the whole country was going to run
away all at the same time. The negro
that went to Wiley Pitts proposed to
work one month for Buck Pitt If he
would get his gun and see him home
safely, but Buck didn't need any work
just at that time. The bull next in
vaded the quite domicile or barn Of
Crit Polk and opened up. Soon Crit
came out and run his good old COW
that had never done anything in her
life around the lot. AS soon as he found
the COW was not choked he made for the
house and refused to be comforted.
The negro element have made various
surmises as 10 what it is. Some say
Hits er lion" some "hits er panter''
others, "a ghos,' ga hance" haunts7
while Others claim "hits dem yankees
de rebs kilt durin de war on de Gross
Plains road come back ergin. "Rawhide
a nail keg, twine string and piece
of resin are all harmless separately, but
combine them properly and you can
make a mighty powerful scare for q
negro. Nothing has created as much
amusement since the days OF Bose
Randolph and the "saw-dust pan
ther."
Well, the legislature has met, the
caucus established beyond doubt. and
the mugwump anti-caucusmen have
had to make way for liberty and the
straight-cut Democracy. We only hope
the same course may be pursued in
electing Senator. We can't help
being for Taylor, first, last and all the
time. People may differ with us on
this but we shook hands with BOZ
Taylor once, and have been "hissen'
ever since. lam by Bob Taylor like
the negro at Port Royal who went tc
heaven and saw Mrs. Jesus, said he, in
giving in his experience at church
"She was de prettiest white 'omun
eber seed, and she gin me a bag el
rice" Bob Taylor is the grsndest mar
in the South, and he made me feel like
I was struck by bag Of tightening
when he shook hands with me. How
ever, I'm no politicioneer and close b,
telling you to bow your neck anC
spread, for the child OF Vibration" ha
come.
a J. w. WINTERGREEN.
Handsome Christmas Present at Chicago